Ron Trent

Ron Trent is known for a beatific house sound that is as atmospheric as it is richly musical, one informed not only by soul and disco, but also by jazz-funk, dub, and electro, among other styles. Merely a high schooler when he appeared with 14-minute techno masterpiece "Altered States" (1990), Trent quickly became a major force in his native Chicago and subsequently left an indelible mark on the scene in New York. By the time he returned home in the 2000s, his work as a producer, remixer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and label operator was permeating underground dance music on a...